A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes the New Madrid seismic zone on the Kentucky-Missouri border. Communications go offline, highways are severely damaged, and there is not enough shelter space to house those displaced by the quake.
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NEW ORLEANS — Since the first days after Hurricane Katrina, when the streets were still under water, many residents of New Orleans and its surroundings have maintained that the flood that wrecked their lives was the government's fault, and that the government should pay for it.
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The Iowa Democrat told reporters Thursday he has to learn more about the proposal and the maximum security prison at Thomson, Ill., but sees no reason to oppose it.
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Meanwhile, Gov. Pat Quinn and U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Springfield Democrat, seized on the attacks as fear mongering as they tried to sell the deal in a series of news conferences around northern Illinois.
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LOUISVILLE — Republicans Trey Grayson and Rand Paul exchanged sharp words on the issue of Guantánamo Bay, and Democrats Jack Conway and Daniel Mongiardo squabbled about their alliances with coal.
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By Patrick Howington, The Courier-Journal (Louisville)
The Kentucky Public Service Commission offered a broad — and expensive — set of recommendations Thursday to limit power outages and ease recovery when the lights go out.
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State Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop, R-Rochester, asked other elected officials to join him in saying "No" to bringing Guantanamo Bay detainees to the U.S.
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CONCHO, Okla. — About two dozen tribal members gathered outside the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes' headquarters Thursday to prevent outgoing tribal Gov. Darrell Flyingman from entering the building.
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Federal immigration officials served subpoenas on at least four Vermont dairy farms Thursday as part of a national crackdown on businesses suspected of using immigrant workers who have entered the country illegally.
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SEATTLE -- Immigration officials say six illegal immigrants have been arrested in Mount Vernon, Wash., after agents descended on a trailer park.
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By Manuel Valdes, The Associated Press, seattlepi.com
SEATTLE -- Deportations of illegal immigrants with criminal records from Alaska, Oregon, and Washington this past year spiked by nearly 40 percent, while overall removals dropped for the first time in five years, according to new data released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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The nation's governors are the commanders of state National Guard forces on U.S. soil. But the Guard has seen heavy use overseas during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, becoming a key part of the federal government's fighting force.
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